Mary Frances Perry

Welcome Family and friends thank you all for joining us today.

The couple has requested that you please mute your cell phones. You may take photos as long as it does not interfere with the photographer. Now Music starts:

Bridal Party Processional

Every Time I Close My Eyes " by Babyface

Bride'sProcessional

Once the ring bearer has entered the front, The music : Mendelssohn's Wedding March - All guest are to stand. The Bride comes down the aisle .

Bride & Groom are facing me.

Marie-Antoinette and Lorenzo you have been together for a very long time for about 50yrs, you bonded together and found that you were meant to be together and be there for each other by faith, for what ever was and has and will be presented your way.

MARRIAGE PRAYER

OFFICIANT TO THE COUPLE AND THE RECEPTION

Let us bow our heads and pray a blessing on this marriage:

Bless this day, O’ Lord, and bless this union. Help them to remember to grow into a strong love every day. Put your hedge of protection around them, and let nothing divide them.

Give them words both kind and loving to each other every day. Grant them the sacred bond of kindness, truthfulness, and faithfulness in their home. Make their hearts always ready to ask for forgiveness as well as to forgive. May they continue to bring out the best in each other and remember to keep you in their hearts.

We put this marriage into your hands, and ask for your blessing as they start this new life together. May the peace of Christ rule in their hearts, and the joy of the Lord be their strength on this journey together. In your name we pray, Amen.

Reading of 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 -Brenda Johnson

Bride & Groom may face each other after the reading

Officiant will say:

We're here today to celebrate the marriage of Marie-Antoinette Samy and Lorenzo Holmes, two wonderful people who have touched hundreds of hearts over the years, and have made the lives of everyone in this room infinitely more interesting, with their humor, wisdom, and take no crap spirits.

Today, they promise to spend the rest of their lives laughing, learning, and making life better for each other every day..

Look at you two beaming at each other! Let's get you two married.

Do you Marie-Antoinette take Lorenzo as your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and bad, providing comfort, companionship, and laughter, for as long as you both shall live?

Answer- I Do

Do You Lorenzo take Marie-Antoinette as your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and bad, providing comfort, companionship, and laughter, for as long as you both shall live?

Answer- I Do

Exchange of Vows

The couple have written their vows that they will now Exchange.

Marie-Antoinette. & Lorenzo

Ring Exchange:

May we have the rings please.

These rings are a symbol of your continued love and commitment. When you look at your ring, let it be a reminder that this bountiful love is a choice you make each day, to nurture and grow together. Let them remind you that your partner is always with you, in body and spirit.

Lorenzo please place this ring on Marie-Antoinette's finger and repeat after me:

I give you this ring

As a symbol of my deep and unconditional love.

I promise to devote myself to you

To honor, and cherish you

From now until the end of life.

Marie-Antonette please place the ring on Lorenzo's finger and repeat after me:

I give you this ring

As a symbol of my deep and unconditional love.

I promise to devote myself to you.

To honor, and cherish you.

From now until the end of life.

With these vows and rings , you two have promised to love and cherish each other day forward. As you know , life always has a way of surprising, and often those surprises are more beautiful than anything we could have dreamed up ourselves, as long as we hangin for the ride.

Here's to the two of you -sharing the rest of this wild ride together!!

You may now seal it with a kiss!

Officiant says let us all repeat The Lord's Prayer

"Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen."

Officiant Pronouncement of Marriage

So from all of us here present today to witness this ceremony we send you forth on your journey of life together in marriage with blessings and love.

I now pronounce you officially married

By the authority vested in me by American Marriage Ministries and the State of Maryland I now pronounce you husband and wife!

It is my honor and joy to introduce to you for the first time Mr. & Mrs. Holmes!

Recessional: Bride & Groom followed by the Bridal Party

BRIDE AND GROOM WILL MEET WITH OFFICIANT TO SIGN THE MARRIAGE LICENSE AND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE